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Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care · May 2018
In reply to: "Intra-aortic balloon pump protects against hydrostatic pulmonary oedema during peripheral venoarterial-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation".
- Jamie R Privratsky, Sebastian Diaz, Alina Nicoara, and Mani A Daneshmand.
- 1 Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA.
- Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2018 May 1: 2048872618779772.
AbstractVeno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is an increasingly utilized life-saving measure. However, left-ventricular distention from inadequate left-ventricular off-loading can lead to unwanted pulmonary and cardiac complications. We are writing to indicate our agreement with a recent article by Brechot et al. published in the June 2017 issue where the authors demonstrated that intra-aortic balloon pump provides mechanical support to off-load the left ventricle during VA-ECMO, which prevents pulmonary edema.
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